National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1992 (ICPSR 6887)

This series measures the prevalence and correlates of drug
use in the United States. The surveys are designed to provide
quarterly, as well as annual, estimates. Information is provided on
the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, and tobacco
among members of United States households aged 12 and older. Data are
also provided on treatment for drug use and on illegal activities
related to drug use. Questions include age at first use, as well as
lifetime, annual, and past-month usage fo... (more info)

This series measures the prevalence and correlates of drug
use in the United States. The surveys are designed to provide
quarterly, as well as annual, estimates. Information is provided on
the use of illicit drugs, alcohol, anabolic steroids, and tobacco
among members of United States households aged 12 and older. Data are
also provided on treatment for drug use and on illegal activities
related to drug use. Questions include age at first use, as well as
lifetime, annual, and past-month usage for the following drug classes:
marijuana, inhalants, cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, alcohol, tobacco,
and nonmedical use of psychotherapeutics. Respondents were also asked
about problems resulting from their use of drugs, alcohol, and
tobacco, their perceptions of the risks involved, insurance coverage,
and personal and family income sources and amounts. Demographic data
include gender, race, ethnicity, educational level, job status, income
level, household composition, and population density.

Study Description

Citation

United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Office of Applied Studies. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1992. ICPSR06887-v3. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-05-06. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06887.v3

Universe:
The civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the
United States aged 12 and older, including residents of
noninstitutional group quarters, such as college dormitories, group
homes, and shelters, as well as civilians dwelling on military
installations.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Data were collected by Research Triangle
Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC, and prepared for release by
National Opinion Research Center, Chicago, IL.

For selected
variables, statistical imputation was performed following logical
imputation to replace missing responses. These variables are
identified by the designation "IMPUTATION-REVISED" in the variable
label, and the names of these variables begin with the letters "IR".
For each imputation-revised variable there is a corresponding
imputation indicator variable that indicates whether a case's value on
the variable resulted from an interview response, logical imputation,
or statistical imputation. The names of imputation indicator variables
begin with the letters "II".

To protect confidentiality of respondents,
all variables that could be used to identify individuals have been
deleted from the public use file. Furthermore, some continuous
variables, including Census variables, have been categorized, and a
special code, "data suppressed for reasons of confidentiality," has
been assigned wherever necessary to prevent identification of small
geographic areas. These modifications and suppressions should not
affect analytic uses of the public use file.

For some drugs that have multiple names, questions regarding the use of that drug may be asked for each distinct name. For example, even though methamphetamine, methedrine and desoxyn are the same drug, their use was measured in three separate variables.

Methodology

Sample:
Multistage area probability sample design involving five
selection stages: (a) primary areas (e.g., counties), (b) subareas
within primary areas (blocks or block groups), (c) dwelling (listing)
units (housing units or group quarters) within subareas, (d) age group
domains within listing units, and (e) individuals within sampled age
groups. Each dwelling was classified by race/ethnicity based on the
head of the dwelling. The three race/ethnicity classifications were
Hispanic, non-Hispanic Black (Black), and non-Hispanic non-Black
(Whites and others). Interviewers sampled individuals after
determining age group domains for each household. The age group
selection probabilities were based on the desired sample sizes for
each age group by race/ethnicity. The probabilities of selecting a
person within an age group were based on the number of persons in the
age group in each dwelling. Six Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
of special interest were oversampled: Washington, DC, New York, Miami,
Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles. These MSAs were oversampled to allow
separate estimation for low socioeconomic status (SES) urbanized areas
and for all other areas of each MSA. Blacks, Hispanics, and youths
aged 12-17 were also oversampled.

Weight:
Data were weighted based on the
five stages of sampling that were used. Adjustments were made to compensate for nonresponse and
sampling error. Adjustments also included trimming sample weights to
reduce excessive weight variation and a post-stratification to Census
population estimates. The final weight variable to be used in analysis is ANALWT.

Data Source:

personal interviews and self-reported answer sheets (drug
use)

Response Rates:
A completed interview had to contain, at a minimum,
data on the recency of use of marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol. The overall
response rate was 82.5 percent. The response rates for the three race/
ethnicity groups were 86 percent for Hispanics, 84.8 percent for Blacks,
and 80.1 percent for Whites and others.

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Performed consistency checks.

Standardized missing values.

Created online analysis version with question text.

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1997-04-11

Version History:

2013-05-06 Data collection instrument released.

2008-08-18 New files were added. These files included one or more of the following: Stata setup, SAS transport (CPORT), SPSS system, Stata system, SAS supplemental syntax, and Stata supplemental syntax files, and tab-delimited ASCII data file. Modified value labels and missing values for variable GQTYPE to correct previous errors. The variable CASEID was also added to the dataset.

1999-06-16 SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been updated
to include value labels and missing values sections.

1997-06-27 A machine-readable codebook in
Portable Document Format (PDF) is now available.